We live in a changing, digitalising world, and those that seize the opportunity move ahead.

Europe is pursuing greater sovereignty in defence, deeptech, life sciences, artificial intelligence, semi-conductors, space and cybersecurity. To succeed, this ambition must be matched by stronger support for tech champions and a deeper equity ecosystem stretching from idea to IPO, and from start-up to scale-up.

That is why we have stepped up our efforts to support Europe’s innovation and digitalisation ecosystem, including through initiatives such as ETCI, TechEU, InvestEU and TrackVC. Europe has the ideas, ambition and values to lead this technological race, and we have spared no effort in making sure that Europe’s brightest innovators receive the backing they need to rise to the challenge.